Manchester City are everyone's team to invest in for GW6 of Fantasy Premier League but there are more options to help you do that than striker Sergio Aguero.

We've got all the info on our stand-out viable alternative to the Argentine forward for City's meeting with Crystal Palace as well as reasons why it's worth getting at least one Arsenal player in your team from GW6 onwards.

As usual, we've included three players to either avoid or sell if you have them plus three assets that are worth tracking for potential future purchase.

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Who should I buy for GW6?

David Silva (£8.3m)

Manchester City's next five fixtures: CRY/che/STK/BUR/wba

At this point I assume you're asking the question: "What? Where the heck is Sergio Aguero?!"

And you would be asking that question with good reason considering that Aguero scored a hat-trick against Watford last week, was rested for City's mid-week League Cup tie ahead of a home meeting with Crystal Palace and now has 524,810 new owners (as of Thursday afternoon).

It is because of that final fact that I've decided to dedicate this section to David Silva instead. With so many of you already bringing Aguero into your FPL teams, is there much point in me preaching to the converted by signing his praises some more? I don't think so.

In fact, what I think a lot of people would rather read is suggestions for a viable alternative to the Argentine striker - especially if you'd rather stick with Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane for now and don't have enough money in the budget to upgrade your third striker.

Investment in Manchester City this week is non-negotiable for anyone hoping to continue competing with the best so if you don't have room for Aguero then David Silva is the man to go for.

At this stage I think Jesus (£10.5m) is probably not worth thinking about, considering he played all 90 minutes of City's League Cup win over West Brom - a game in which Pep only made two substitutions too.

Kevin de Bruyne (£10.0m) is still too expensive in my opinion when you consider that he could be playing deeper in midfield once again. After all, in a 6-0 win against Watford, you'd have hoped for that price he would have brought you more than just one assist.

That's why David Silva stands out for me.

David Silva could be a great alternative to Sergio Aguero for GW6 (Image: Getty Images)

The Spaniard has started all five of City's league matches so far this season and has provided four assists already.

Only Mesut Ozil (3.8) and Cesc Fabregas (3.5) have played more key passes per game in 2017/18 than David Silva (3.4) and the City man has registered more of them in total (17) than every other player in the division so far.

When you compare Silva with the popular Mohamed Salah (£9.2m) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£8.5m), his appeal increases even more.

In the first four gameweeks Salah and Mkhitaryan averaged 1.5 and 6.5 penalty box actions - both of which are inferior than Silva's 7.0.

Considering that most of Saturday's Etihad Stadium clash will likely take place in and around the Palace penalty box, Silva has great potential to be involved in or score goals.

In fact, no City player has more league goals against Palace at home in their last five meetings - not even Aguero.

The Spaniard has four goals in as many Premier League appearances against Palace at the Etihad. No other current City player has more than one.

With all the above stats in mind, Silva's chances of either a goal, assist or an explosive combination of both are highly likely and at £8.3m he is over £3m cheaper than Aguero!

Sead Kolasinac (£6.0m)

Arsenal's next five fixtures: WBA/BHA/wat/eve/SWA

We've pointed this out a few times already but Arsenal's fixtures over the next five gameweeks are seriously appealing.

Investment in the Gunners between now and a GW11 meeting with Manchester City is heavily advised and, for me, the best man to go for is left wing-back Sead Kolasinac.

With the departure of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and the return to fitness of a few more natural centre-backs, Kolasinac has been able to make the left wing-back position (his natural role) his own.

Sead Kolasinac is worth investing in for the future (Image: Getty Images)

A clean sheet against West Brom is certainly a likely prospect given that the Baggies have scored just once in their last six Premier League visits to the Emirates Stadium.

Only Liverpool have allowed fewer shots on goal per game than Arsenal when at home this season and given that Tony Pulis' side rank 14th for efforts on goal away from home in 2017/18 so far, the Gunners are likely to stage a shut-out.

Kolasinac's defensive potential aside, he still stands a very good chance of being involved going forward too!

The Bosnian international already has two assists this season and a total of three bonus points across the campaign as he spends a lot of time bombing forward and getting into opponent's penalty boxes.

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Matt Ritchie (£6.0m)

Newcastle's next five fixtures: bha/LIV/sou/CRY/bur

If you are looking for a cheap midfield enabler for GW6 (as you look to cram as many Manchester City players into your team as possible) then Matt Ritchie could be the man for you.

The Scottish winger has four assists in his last three games which means he has been directly involved in 66% of Newcastle's goals so far this season.

Matt Ritchie has been in great form for Newcastle (Image: Getty Images)

That's a fantastic ratio when you consider the inconsistency being shown across the elite level midfielders on the game in 2017/18.

An away trip to Brighton & Hove Albion could prove another opportunity for Ritchie to boost his points tally for the season - which already stands at 24.

Newcastle's run over the next five games is far from perfect but there is plenty of potential for them to continue scoring and having the Magpies' set-piece taker in your team is the best way to capitalise on that.

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Steve Mounie (£6.0m)

Huddersfield Town's next five fixtures: bur/TOT/swa/MUN/liv

I think we now know that his exploits in GW1 were more to do with Crystal Palace's ineptitude than to do with his skill level.

Since scoring twice at Selhurst Park on the opening weekend of the season he has pulled in a total of zero offensive points and has averaged just two shots on goal in the last four games.

Steve Mounié has shown little promise since GW1 (Image: Getty Images)

Only three of his shots since GW1 have been on target and he missed the most recent game entirely after picking up an injury.

With Laurent Depoitre filling in for him and scoring against Leicester City, even if he does return to fitness in time for the trip to Huddersfield Town, it's hard to see him slotting straight back in, let alone scoring.